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irroration, indicating a band at the margin. Abdomen above with a row of black spots. 40 mm. Forewing 

 of the $ lighter, more greyish, with brown diffused marginal band slightly narrowed anteriorly, in which a 

 row of indistinct dark dots is visible; on the inner side of this band there are three narrow black 

 sharply defined longitudinal spots and a black diffused streak originates from the base of the wing at the inner 

 nuxrgin. Hindwing and abdomens light grey. 52 mm. — A peculiar (^-aberration, from the Kangra Valley, de- 

 scribed and figured but not named by Moore, has a large round snow-white spot near the base of the forewing 

 and the median area bounded by a black interrupted sharply defined line. I name this form kangrana nom. nov. kanfjrana. 

 — The larva of the S is dark brown, with reddish brown head, two white dorsal lines on the 4"' segment and 

 reddish dorsal tufts on segments 4 and 7, while the 9-larva has dark brown dorsal brushes, a subdorsal white 

 line, and red dorsal spots on segments 9 and 10. 



D. grotei Moore (= kausalia Moore) (22 a), from North India and West China, is white in the $; fore- grotci. 

 wing sparsely and minutely irrorated with brown, antenna ))rown. The ^ light brown-grey above, forewing 

 with thin black dusting and indistinct dark sinuous transverse lines (near the base, middle and margin) and 

 lunular discocellular spot; hindwing light greyish brown, with yellowish inner area; fringes whitish, disco- 

 cellular spot indistinct, underside lighter; both wings with dark brown dentate discocellular spot and an in- 

 distinct discal transverse band. (^ 46 mm., $ 70—80 mm. Larva yellow with long yellow hair and shorter 

 yellowish bristles on segments 4 — 7 and 11, as well as a deep black spot between segments 4 and 5. The spe- 

 cies is often considered synonymous with Das. horsfieldi Saund., from Java, which is scarcely correct. 



D. mendosa Hbn. {= sawanta Moore) (22 d). $: Head, thorax and abdomen light brown, the latter mendosa. 

 often slightly lighter, with a row of black dorsal spots. Forewing brown with a blackish longitudinal stripe 

 from the base to about the middle of the wing; before this stripe the grond-eolour is greyish white, with 2 or 

 3 darker transverse smears, the light area terminating at the discocellular; a diffuse olive-yellowish band runs 

 along the inner margin and as a sublimbal band almost to the costal margin, interrupted by a dark longitudinal 

 stripe. Hindwing above and below light olive-grey. Underside of forewing greyish brown, with brownish 

 yellow costal margin and black curved longitudinal stripe in the apical half, as well as with black s-jjots on the 

 fringes, ^i Forewing brown, with rounded white subbasal spot edged with dark, light brown discal spot and 

 dark subapical spot, dark su]3l)asal and submarginal lines; hindwing brownish white. The species was first 

 described from Java. Some authors put as synonyms of it no less than 9 DasycUrae described later from India, 

 Java, Borneo, Australia and Christmas Island, and which are dealt with in the Indo-Australian section of 

 this work (Vol. X); in fact, however, several of these are evidently good species, as the larva of the collective 

 species mendosa is very differently described, from blackish to greyish white. Of these forms three at most 

 concern us, viz.: fusiformis Walk., from North India, the $ of which has the forewing grey, white in places, ftt^iformis. 

 with two light brown bands, while that of the ,^ is almost uniformly brown, having only a light round spot on the 

 outer side of the subbasal line. — lanceolata Walk., to judge from the specimen before me from the former lanceolata. 

 ATKiNSON-coUection, is a smaller form ((J 29 mm), with light brown forewing which in the costal half 

 is occupied by a greyish white longitudinal band with a wavy posterior edge and not quite reaching the 

 l)ase, and which has two or three brown spots at the costal margin ; unfortunately it is doubtful whether this 

 form, which does not entirely agree with the original description, is the true lanceolata, and also whether it 

 occurs in our area, the specimen mentioned being from Calcutta. — basivilta Walk, is greyish fawn-colour, hasivitla. 

 forewing dusted with black, with four black transverse lines and white discal smear, hindwing ashy grey; 

 it was described from Ceylon, and it is doubtful whether it also occurs in N. India. — Expanse of mendosa. 

 said to be S 34 to 42, $ 46 to 54 mm. Larva black, head striped with red, segment 1 with long black 

 tufts of hair and a white band interrupted by red streaks; laterally red spots, below these a white line; 

 segments 4 to 7 with dorsal tufts of yellow hair originating from a dark spot, segment 5 with a black tuft of 

 hair laterally; 8 to 11 with subdorsal scarlet spots, 11 with long black dorsal tuft; legs scarlet or with scar- 

 let spots, in a lighter forui of the larva the whole head and a dorsal spot on segment 1 are scarlet, while 

 the dorsal tufts on 4 to 7 are grey. The moth is not rare. 



D. securis Hhn. (= falcata Walk.) (22 c). Head and thorax ochreous brown, abdomen ochreous sccuris. 

 white. Forewing ochreous, posterior half sparsely irrorated with dark, from the base to the margin an ob- 

 solescent dark longitudinal stripe. Hindwing ochreous white. cJ 34, $ 50 mm. Larva black, with ochreous 

 and black hair, reddish dorsal tufts and red head and legs, green spots laterally and a green longitu- 

 dinal hne. As also a whitish yellow tufted larva is described as being that of securis, it is probable that 

 in this species as in D. pudibunda, mendosa, etc., the larva varies in colour and may be light straw-colour 

 with duU yellow dorsal brushes and black tufts of hair and head i). Throughout India as well as Ceylon, 



*) This species has lately usually been refei'ied to as inclusa Walk., or invaria Walk. D. inclusa is a form from .Tava 

 and invaria from the Philippines, whose identity with our species from Kashmir appears to me to be very doubtful or 

 more exactly, very improbable. Together with Moore I therefore troat the present insejt as distinct. 



